Presents an historiographical overview of Catholic education in the United States from colonial days to the twentieth century. The author traces the principles, origins, and establishment of the Catholic school system and relates the system to the Church's progress in America. (Author/DB)

Excerpts from the keynote address of the 1976 Association for Childhood Education International study conference. Argues for a concern for the whole child--his body, his mind and his feelings and for helping children develop in all these areas. (MS)

Crises of education in the third world are identified and skills that will be needed in societies of the future are specified. A case history of education in colonial and postcolonial India is presented. (Author/DB)

A new trend in Swedish pedagogical research is described and its effect on Swedish society is measured. The research is described as a middle-class phenomenon, which is non-scientific and ideological in character. The author concludes that researchers should also engage in pedagogical research of a more traditional and theoretical nature.…

By assuming personal responsibility for their own professional growth and development, educators can help young people become independent and socially responsible on shaping their future social environment. (MB)

The increased speed of knowledge accumulation and obsolescence and the shift from local self-reliance to national centralization require that the educational system revitalize itself and join other social institutions in protecting and extending an open social system. (MB)

Must adhere to Mao's policy that education must serve proletarian politics, be combined with productive labor, enable everyone to develop fully, and enable workers to have both socialist consciousness and culture. (Author/ND)

Since schools are regulated by the government and by laws and educational policy is derivative of social policy, it is important that educators anticipate future policies and help to formulate those affecting the schools. (JD)

Although general education is cited as a major thrust of community colleges, this function is carried out more in word than in deed. The role of general education should be reexamined. Perhaps it is now necessary to establish a new direction for general education, based on the relevant and vital needs of communities. (Author/JDS)

This book examines the key influences behind the moves towards inclusive education and inclusion in mainstream society. The first of its kind anywhere in the world, this seminal work features more than 50 extracts from key documents and classic texts, alongside illuminating commentaries by two experts in the field. It demonstrates that moves to…

Education reform has a long and ignoble history of searching for magic bullets. Charter schools, vouchers, educational management organizations, tuition tax credits, and high-standards movements are all part of the education landscape today. Some reformers are mere opportunists who look at the $700 billion that the United States spends on…

This monograph describes an alternative model for early childhood care and education involving a complex and integrated system that allows for more collaboration among early childhood care and education activities. The model, with its emphasis on values in all educational practices, is intended to promote a more global and total approach to…

This document describes the research design that will guide the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's efforts in constructing procedural knowledge ("know-how" or working knowledge) needed to transform low-performing school districts and schools into high-performing learning communities. Little is known about procedural knowledge…

Shared responsibility for student learning is neither a program nor a curriculum. It incorporates a set of principles and techniques that gives members of a school community the authority and responsibility to create what is needed, based on the data and culture of their particular school and school district. Sharing responsibility for student…

In an information-intensive age, education is mandated to respond to two complementary demands: It has to transmit an increasing amount of constantly evolving knowledge and know-how adapted to a knowledge-driven civilization, and it has to enable learners not to be overwhelmed by the flows of information, while keeping personal and social…